But those hopes may be shortlived. Democrats proposed a new plan but republicans worn a wide gap remains. Mitch mcconnell says the plan contains poison pills. And australias plan to have women hold at least 40 of leadership roles in asx 200 companies. Aberdeen has already signed up. Shery heres a look at how markets are trading. We are seeing u. S. Futures coming online, down. 2 . This, after u. S. Stocks ended the session higher wednesday. Also the last trading day of the quarter for u. S. Stocks. Haidi mentioned talks and hopes for a stimulus package in the u. S. The house has delayed the vote on that bill, trying to get more time to reach an agreement with the white house and treasury secretary. The s p 500s on nine sectors out of 11 higher. Health care and financials led the gains. Showingitive ecodata, u. S. Companies added more than 700,000 jobs in september. The dollar weakness, a third consecutive session of losses. Not to mention before the quarter, just posted its biggest qua
Were following all of that today. Well get to the markets in a moment we do begin with our top story the president and first lady testing positive for the coronavirus. Our shep smith joining us with the latest its news on the east coast here is the news the president and first lady are positive for covid19. The first lady reports she has mild symptoms but feels good the white house says the president has mild symptoms. President trump is in good spirit ossen ca spirtss on a call this morning. President trump is in both categories he continues to be not only in good spirits but very energetic. We have talked a number of times this morning i got the five or six things that he had tasked me to do, like i do every single morning he is wanting to make sure that we stay engaged. I think the other thing that is critically important, the doctors continue to monitor both his health and the health of first Lady Joe Biden sent his thoughts to the president and first lady for swift recovery now th
Been a patchwork of plans to a deal with covid19. a the guidelines here in the bay a area have been among the a strictest. a even though the beginning of a phase 2 of the reopening is a starting to kick in, though a where and when and what is a going to be opening up can be confusing. a athe owner of this home dcor a store in oakland is stocked up a and ready to begin sales a beginning monday heard for a Curbside Pickup only. a the store recently transitioneda to online orders and the a loosening of guidelines to apartially reopen is like a loosening a tight grip that hasa been strangling the business. a i dont know if this one a thing will be the make it or break t, but certainly a everything helps. ait just keeps us going. a in addition to retail other a changes allowed under phase 2 a include limited service a business is like appliance repair, achild care with a necessary notifications, and manufaturing ain a limited acapacity. a officials in pleasanton say a they have not been giv
They come. Checking out the 10year, weve been around the same level yesterday we were at 0. 75 this morning, it looks like the 10year is yielding. 69 saying the Global Oil Demand will fall by 9. 3 billion a day erasing almost a decade of growth down about 2. 25 baushing it back to 19. 65 a barrel dr. Scott gottlieb, chairman of cbs health, fanatics executive chair. Chief Investment Officer and more coming up in the next three hours. Joe . Becky, you remember United Health care is a dow component we always say, thats right. Thats right you notice the dow is down around 370 or so maybe repairing partly due to United Health care the Company Reported an adjusted 3. 72 for the First Quarter. Nine cents above estimates the company said it is keeping its prior 2020 full year guidance said it would continue to evaluate the ongoing impact. You can see up about five points or so. Ee quaids to the improvements we see. Well hear from bank america and other companies. We are in earnings season now.
Week price premier will lead negotiations for china is telling dignitaries his offer to the u. S. Will not include commitments on reforming chinas industrial policy. These are some of the big demands the Trump Administration has been making in the trade talks. Update now on the crisis in hong kong. The city is struggling to recover after a night of violent clashes. Protesters defied government threats with Wearing Masks and were met with tear gas they were threatened with a year in prison for hiding their faces. Police arrested dozens of protesters and bussed them away under new emergency laws chinas military threatened to arrest protesters who aimed laser lights more protests planned for tonight. Some grocery stores, other businesses have reopened after closing early yesterday. The metro is only partially functioni ining hooch of serious and in the just dont tweet about anything anymore section of our news today, also making news the general manager of the Houston Rockets of the nba h